This is a book where the illustrations are crucial to telling the story. Told from the perspective of a solitary fox, the story opens with the words, “This is the forest where I lived with my family.”  Yet the illustration shows a suburban subdivision.  As the book continues, the fox reminisces about the times with his family, while he wanders through the human habitat.  The color scheme of the illustrations does an excellent job of contributing to the mood of the story, opening with dark and drab colors, brightening in the end, when the fox watches the strange two-leg humans digging near signs of a future wildlife preserve and a future wildlife underpass.  When his curiosity draws him through this strange empty burrow, he finds his way home, reunited with his family.  An author’s note in the back discusses conservation efforts working to minimize the impact of human encroachment on wild habitat.